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In honor of Juneteenth, who would be your ideal first Black character for Super Smash Bros.?
- Thread starter Neoxon
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Marina (but as you said she'd definitely be with Pearl)
Mr Sandman would be my second pick. His intro video would just be his Punch-Out intro but him KOing Smash people instead
Mr Sandman would be my second pick. His intro video would just be his Punch-Out intro but him KOing Smash people instead
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If it wasn't for the fact that Mortal Kombat is banned in Japan, I would agree.jacqui
would be a great fit, and MK is the most obvious missing fighting game gap in Smash
I mean the only one that is realistic of those is Marina due to the popularity of Splatoon unless they somehow decide to go for the Octolings, Punch Out is pretty niche to have another character and let's be honest Square would rather add Tifa or Aerith before Barret
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While it is mostly the industry's fault, to say it's entirely on them is to absolve Sakurai & Nintendo of blame.
Im still kinda blown away that twintelle was passed over when she was the breakout character from arms.
If overwatch got a character, as much as I hate him, Doomfist would be incredibly fun to play in smash, but definitely not iconic enough I think.
In the sense of being an iconic character for a platform, I think Alyx would be great.
If overwatch got a character, as much as I hate him, Doomfist would be incredibly fun to play in smash, but definitely not iconic enough I think.
In the sense of being an iconic character for a platform, I think Alyx would be great.
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To be fair to Min Min, she was the only ARMS character to beat Twintelle in popularity overall & is Smash's first Chinese character, so credit where it's due. In a perfect world, we would've gotten both.
It's a shame he is out
A) Because he is a Marvel IP
B) The game is an SIE joint
Because Miles Morales is absolutely "big" enough to warrant a spot (not that a lack of popularity should rule out any given character). His game (Not even considering SM1) outsold like 90% of IPs represented in the Smash roster.
A) Because he is a Marvel IP
B) The game is an SIE joint
Because Miles Morales is absolutely "big" enough to warrant a spot (not that a lack of popularity should rule out any given character). His game (Not even considering SM1) outsold like 90% of IPs represented in the Smash roster.
They are part of the industry and not absolved in the slightest, and your point about Smash is spot on. Just pointing out the absurdity of 50+ years of video games with such anemic diversity.
Yeah that's a very good point that we got some diversity in smash, that's nothing to sneer at.
Doomfist's moveset would work so well in Smash. I'd love to see it.
Lmaoo I almost said that too he gets stronger every few mins from punching, faster with running, etc.
The realistic answer is Marina. She was the breakout hit character from Splatoon 2, she's essentially Splatoon's Isabelle. The whole Pearl situation has an easy fix, Pearl just pops up in taunts, win screens, and the final Smash. Pearl is a different enough size and shape from Marina that any sort of duo character system is probably unlikely to happen, and Pearl is less popular anyway, so I don't see why kicking her out of the main moveset is a non-starter.
In terms of other characters I'm going to support:
Califa would be a funny choice, because she is ultimately from a literary source.
In terms of other characters I'm going to support:
Would never be added, but Califia from Code Name STEAM. She was battling for the spot of MVP for the game, and unlike Twintelle and Elma, her voice actress is black.
Califa would be a funny choice, because she is ultimately from a literary source.
we've already got Dracula as a boss, so it's only fair
I'm actually drawing a blank on if we even have a series where the recurring lead/main characters is black.
I'm going to shoutout Anthony Higgs like I always do though, I genuinely like him.
Twintelle would have been a good choice but I don't blame them for picking Min Min. I'm just glad it wasn't someone lame like Spring Man.
In terms of the question my choice would be Rodin. The Bayonetta series could use a new rep with the third game coming out and he's pretty cool.
In terms of the question my choice would be Rodin. The Bayonetta series could use a new rep with the third game coming out and he's pretty cool.
I think Twintelle was probably the best pick they could have gone with given she was pretty clearly the most popular Arms character from what I understand, but I could see Doc Louis or Marina if they wanted to choose a character from another Nintendo property.
Barret is probably out because I doubt Nintendo would triple dip into FFVII, but again, I think that pick would work pretty well in Smash. A character like Lucio from Overwatch could be interesting, but I think his moveset focusing on healing wouldn't really mesh well with Smash.
Barret is probably out because I doubt Nintendo would triple dip into FFVII, but again, I think that pick would work pretty well in Smash. A character like Lucio from Overwatch could be interesting, but I think his moveset focusing on healing wouldn't really mesh well with Smash.
Its beyond pathetic.. especially when the spirits mode had some straight up racist ass depictions of black characters being represented by Donkey Kong characters.
She wasn't. They had an in game popularity poll tournament, and Min Min won. Twintelle is most likely the most popular in the west though.
The funny thing is if smash bros actually included another FF7 character it would 100% be Tifa.
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Quick correction as someone who's put around 200 hours into ARMS, the Party Crash Bash wasn't purely a popularity contest. If it was, it would imply that Springtron is more popular than Spring Man, which we know isn't true. It's more like Splatfests in that it was equal parts skill.
When you see the choices people give here is less about Nintendo being pathetic and more than the gaming industry sucks at giving the spotlight to black characters or making them main characters especially since all of Nintendo choices appear to be either "iconic" or "advertisement" due to Smash way of adding characters
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As I mentioned in the other Smash threads, my biggest fear for Kazuya is that we may end up with another racist stereotype if there's an Eddy Gordo spirit battle.
Considering that there's legit harmful anti-Black content in Smash, I'd say it's a bit of both.
I was always a big Balrog fan, but the Black boxer archetype is played out.
Me too, always loved his design. I don't think he's popular enough to ever get chosen. Heck, SC feels fringe now.
Me too, always loved his design. I don't think he's popular enough to ever get chosen. Heck, SC feels fringe now.
I always thought Doc Louis would be fun, especially since he could be a kind of Falco/Isabelle clone of Little Mac that hits harder and also has his bike.
Twintelle or Marina would be great too. I imagine one of them is a shoo in for the next game (if Marina isn't the last DLC character).
Zasalamel would be ridiculously fun to play as in Smash.
Doomfist is probably unlikely to get in as an Overwatch rep EXCEPT for the fact he probably has the easiest to covert move set in the game.
Twintelle or Marina would be great too. I imagine one of them is a shoo in for the next game (if Marina isn't the last DLC character).
Zasalamel would be ridiculously fun to play as in Smash.
Doomfist is probably unlikely to get in as an Overwatch rep EXCEPT for the fact he probably has the easiest to covert move set in the game.
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My reservations regarding an ActiBlizz rep aside, Doomfist's best chance was Jeff Kaplan, but he left the company. If Sojourn is the face of Overwatch 2, she may have a shot. But even then, Tracer is the OG (much like Kazuya).
It's not banned? Just not sold here officially. I've seen MK11 being sold at import stores. Same for Injustice.
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But those were from import stores. The CERO never cleared MK11 for a legit release over in Japan.
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Beyond some alternate costumes, nope. What's worse is that some of the spirits involve racist stereotypes.
I was wondering what your source was on this? I couldn't find much actual use data comparing Springman and Springtron. I did see that Springtron won their competition by about 8%, which was a wider margin than most of the character competition (not the widest, but in the wider half of win margins). Combine that with the two apparently being similar in terms of tier ranking (again, not positive on this) and I'd probably lean towards Springtron being more popular.
However, I will note that I did not play a lot of Arms, so I'm no expert on this. If you could provide some more information I'd greatly appreciate it.